Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffet have convinced no less than 40 billionaires and their families in the United States to donate at least half their fortunes to philanthropy. Buffet together with Bill and Melinda Gates initiated the Giving Pledge initiative approximately six months ago. With t... |
5 August 2010 06:30 GMT |
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Microsoft Chairman and the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart this week, almost three years since his previous appearance on the show. However, in just three years, Gates’ focus has changed dramatically. Whereas at the start of 2007 the Microsoft co-... |
26 January 2010 10:09 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Microsoft Chairman and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, rejoined Facebook, and created his first account on Twitter. However, it appears that Gates’ foray into the universe of social networking is merely the first step toward a strategy which would have the co-fo... |
21 January 2010 03:46 GMT |
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In a move designed to expand its work in Europe, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed Joe Cerrel as the lead of its new European office. At this point in time, Cerrell occupies the position of director of global health policy and advocacy at the foundation, and will continue with this role until the end ... |
13 August 2009 07:25 GMT |
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Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman and co-founder, will divorce from Microsoft starting with mid 2008, as new farming projects show on the horizon. Back in June 2006, Microsoft announced that Gates was entering a two-year transition period at the end of which he would terminate his day-to-day role with the Redmond compan... |
28 January 2008 07:19 GMT |
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